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[US News]: WASHINGTON: Seventy-six percent of Iraq's minority Sunni Arabs plan to boycott Sunday's election, according to a new poll by Zogby International for Abu Dhabi Television. The poll released yesterday of 805 Iraqi adults living in Iraq also showed that 69 percent of Iraq's Shi'ite population and 82 percent of Sunni Arabs favored a rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces either immediately, or after an elected government is in place. ''There are deep divisions that exist, divisions that are so deep and pronounced that this election, instead of bringing people together, may very well tear them apart,'' said James Zogby,...

Forty-five percent of Americans say war worth it; 52% disagreePRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup Poll shows support for the war with Iraq has stabilized at a lower level, little different from that found two weeks ago at the height of publicity surrounding the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal. This is in spite of the fact that Americans' assessment of how the situation in Iraq is going for the United States has become slightly more positive. With the United States set to turn over governing authority in Iraq on June 30, Americans remain skeptical that peace and security will be...

But most say situation in Iraq not going well for U.S.PRINCETON, NJ -- Few can forget the imagery of President George W. Bush flying by military jet onto an aircraft carrier off the West Coast and announcing to the assembled troops and television viewing public that the major combat operations in Iraq were finished. That occurred a year ago on May 1. U.S. troops remain in Iraq and have faced fierce resistance from Iraqi insurgents since that time. Also, at Bush's request, Congress has authorized billions of additional dollars to help fund the efforts in Iraq, and the administration is...

--GIVEN OPRAH'S INFLUENCE, --GIVEN SOME PROBABILITY OF SOME EFFORT toward balancing the perspectives, --GIVEN THE CLOSENESS TO THE ELECTION, --GIVEN THE POLL ON WHETHER WE SHOULD GO TO WAR WITH IRAQ OR NOT, --GIVEN THE POSSIBILITY/PROBABILITY THE POLL WILL BE MENTIONED ON THIS AFTERNOON'S SHOW??? ------------------------- THIS MAY BE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR FREEPERS TO HAVE PATRIOTIC IMPACT FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF THE ELECTION AS WELL AS IN BEHALF OF OUR CONSERVATIVE VALUES IN GENERAL! I strongly encourage every FREEPER reading this to go to Oprah's site at the above URL and navigate around until...